Creator
J. S. Merriam
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
[letterhead]
June 30 1902
Dear Mr Muir.
I am just back from your glacier which I found & left in good state of health - but it gave me a rather cool reception on as fair a morning as ever smiled on its rugged whiteness. It only sent out a cohort of floaters about the bay to receive us. I propose to go into the Kings River region this week some time. My last from Dr Merriam
03018
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[letterhead]
informed me that he should stop at Knoxville Tenn for a week & not reach Kings River till about 10th— Do you know anything more recent than 17th June? [illegible] I was informed here at the Academy of Sciences that he & you were intending to go in together this week - and that your daughters have already joined the club - The Chronicle of yesterday states that the Tuolumne region is on fire and its big trees almost sure to be destroyed [illegible] a high wind to S.E. Would it be likely to affect your movements?
Respectfully Yrs
J.S. Merriam
[in margin: Wawona was sending aid -]
03018
Grand Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.,
June 30, 1902.
Dear Mr. Muir:
I am just back from your glacier, which I found and left in good state of health, but it gave me a rather cool reception on as fair a morning as ever smiled on its rugged whiteness. It only sent out a cohort of floaters about ehe bay to receive us.
I propose to go into the Kings River region this week sometime. My last from Dr. Merriam informed me that he should stop at Knoxville, Tenn., for a week and not reach Kings River till about 10th. Do you know anything more recent than 17th June? I was informed here at the Academy of Sciences that he and you were intending to go in together this week and that your daughters have already joined the Club. The Chronicle of yesterday states that the Tuolumne region is on fire and its big trees almost sure to be destroyed and a high wind to the S.E. Would it be likely to affect your movements.
Respectfully yours,
J, S. Merriam
Wawona was sending aid.03018
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1902 Jun 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 31.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Merriam, J. S., "Letter from J. S. Merriam to John Muir, 1902 Jun 30." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4686.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4686
Resource Identifier
muir12_0474-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0474
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
